The men’s soccer team’s final non-conference match ended in a 4-0 shutout victory over Wednesday night over Longwood — one of Division-I’s newest teams. The victory moves the pack to 6-8-1 on the season with one more regular season home match left to play on Saturday night against Virginia Tech. Coach George Tarantini was pleased with the way his teamed performed “Well it is difficult to play in the middle of the week but we’ve continued to grow and get better,” Tarantini said. “We are going to continue to look forward.”Redshirt junior forward Ronnie Bouemboue scored two goals against Longwood off assists from junior forward Federico Nachmann and junior midfielder Alan Sanchez.  His two goals tonight brings his season total to nine goals scored, which leads the team.And with only two ACC contests left — including Sunday night’s Senior Day against Virginia Tech — Bouemboue is confident in the Pack’s hopes heading into conference tournament time. “Everybody is stepping up as we go. We’ve been practicing all season to get better at the little things,” Bouemboue said. “We worked well tonight and we’re happy about the win. Saturday night is against an ACC team, it’s going to be a tough game. We just hope to go in, play a 90-minute game, and come out with a win.” Although State dominated the game offensively,  Longwood seemed to increase its offensive intensity in the second half with four shots on goal. “It comes down to chemistry as a team, talking to each other and getting to every ball.  That’s what it takes every time to win games,” said Kris Bird, a redshirt freshman midfielder after the win Tuesday night. Byrd and Bouemboue dominated State’s offensive charge. Both players scored goals along with sophomore midfielder Chris Zuerner, whose goal came off a blocked penalty kick with eight minutes left in the game that rolled back into the goal. The state offense had 12 shots on goal in the game. Byrd said he and Bouemboue have developed on-field chemistry this season.”We talked before the game about how we needed to run more and work harder and today it just clicked,” Byrd said. “I think our chemistry is peaking at the right time for us.”The pack now looks toward their game Saturday against a Virginia Tech team that is 5-10-1 on the season and the only team in the ACC without a conference win.   “We don’t have much time to get our legs back but what we all are thinking about right now is the game versus V.T.,” Tarantini said.  Bouemboue is looking forward to the challenge of the next ACC match. “It’s very simple — we have to stay focused,” Bouemboue said. “It’s a 90-minute game.  If we lose focus for one minute, the outcome could be very different.”